@DznyCrzy11: I don't have any existing park tickets, I am buying the Magic Your Way Pkg so tickets will expire 14 days after first use. It seems to be very expensive to add the "No expiration" option to the tickets.
Normal magic your way tickets don't have an expiration date until you start to use them. That's what the poster was trying to ask; if the tickets you have have an expiration date on them. Since you're getting normal tickets, they won't expire until you start using them (14 days after first use). So you wouldn't have to add no expiration, even if you had those tickets in hand. And since you don't have tickets in hand, it doesn't apply anyway, since you would just cancel what you've booked and book again for March.
The blogger who did that video seemed to be arriving at the park at 10:30 am. On some days during this week, MK may be opening at 7:00am. You could have ridden all your faves and more in that 3 and a half hours! During a crowded period, nothing beats getting there AT rope drop. I sacrifice some early morning sleep to eliminate possible stress later in the day.
I agree. Except you want to get there *before* rope drop.
Oh, and I think I saw one person in the pool. It was like 50 degrees out.
FWIW Dec '09 and '10 had seriously low temperatures, and from what I read those lows were not normal. It could still happen again, of course, but you just have to pay attention to the weather forecasts just before you leave, and pack for unexpected swings. Layers are good; if I go again in December (we were there in '10) I'll bring long underwear for each of us, so we can be far warmer than we were. (we had a 2 week trip planned, the first few days were perfectly fine, then the temperatures plummeted and we weren't prepared from the forecast for it)
OP, just remember that everyone there is there for just about the same reason you are; they had the time off, they wanted to be there around the holidays, and they want to have fun. I don't love being at a theme park when it's crowded, but if you know what it's going to be like you can mentally prepare, and make sure that you know to get there EARLY, eat at off times, etc.
LIke a previous poster said, the blogger lives nearby and doesn't *have to* be there during that time. Their outlook is going to be a million times different than the casual visitor from afar. It's like trusting a Floridian to tell you if it's cold (or a Southern Californian)...their experience is just so drastically different than someone else's, you *have to* consider the source. My Floridian cousin was wearing a costume involving polyester from head to toe, and he didn't start sweating until HOURS later; meanwhile, my son, wearing cotton, was sweating from the moment he put his costume on.
Even my point of view, where I've been to
Disneyland many times and our mere two visits to WDW involved about 20 total days at the parks, is going to be different from a first-timers. So always pay attention to the source.
), but just wanted to say DH and DS8 did the SeaRaycers at the Contemporary on our November trip last year and my son said it was his absolute favorite part of the trip! Definitely give it a try...you can just take the boat over to the contemporary marina from WL.
I haven't been during Christmas but since I live here now I do frequent the parks a lot during all types of crowd levels. I think the Wilderness Lodge will be a great place to stay 
It will still be a magical holiday but do keep in mind that you may not be able to do everything you want to do at the parks. I have on occasion been at MK before rope drop and did everything I wanted to do before 11:00am and it started getting "zoo"y. Good Luck!
